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H J. PAIN PYROTEGHNIG DEVICE.

No. 519,159. Patented May 1, 1894.

' filed N ovember 21, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE.

HENRY J. PAIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PYROTECHNlC DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 519,159, dated May'l,1894.

Application filed August 10, 1893- Serial No. 432,856 (No model) To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. PAIN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and State of New York, haveinvented an Improvementin Pyrotechnic Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is allied to that set forthin my concurrent application,Serial No. 452,649,

The object of this invention is to display against the dark back-groundof the sky a pyrotechnic device suspended from a balloon, suchpyrotechnic device being emblematic, as distinguished from thepyrotechnic devices which have heretofore been exploded from balloons,and also as distinguished from illuminated balloons or lanterns ortransparencics from balloons. The balloon itself may be a fire balloonwhich becomes buoyant in consequence of the air being heated within thesame, but any suitable balloon may be made use of, and suspended fromthis balloon is a framework or foundation of woven wire or othersuitable material that is noncombustible, and 'upon the surface of thesame fireworks and pyrotechnic devices are arranged so as to form anemblem when the fireworks are ignited, such for instance as a star," across, a portrait or words or letters, all formed by the fireworkitself, so that when the device is at the proper height, the firework isignited and the emblem produced by the fire, and the same shiningagainst the dark background-of the sky produces a beantiful effect whichis radically diiferent from the illumination of a transparency by lightseither in front of or behind the transparency or article illuminated.

In carrying out my invention I find it advantageous to employ a suitablecross bar suspended from the balloon and carrying one end of a wireframe or curtain to the surface of which are attached the fireworklights of similar or different colors, which lights are arranged uponsuch curtain or framework in the proper manner to produce the desiredemblem, and suspended from or connected to such curtain or framework isa time fuse, so that after the lapse of time necessary for the ascent ofthe balloon the fuse will ignite the explosive material that connectsthe various lights and fireworks upon the surface of or connected withthe netting or framework, so

as to set ed the firework design and produce some of thefuseconnections, so that when a such fuse connections burn or explode, themoving edge of the curtain or frame will be liberated so as to allow thesame to unroll or hang down and display the firework design as the sameis ignited, and the balloon 'may be constructed insuch a manner that theac tion of the air upon the same as the balloon is borne along by theatmospheric currents, will cause the balloon to rotate more'or less uponits vertical axis so as to display to the best advantage the fireworkdesign as the same hangs from below the balloon.

In the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates the lower end of a balloon and thesupporting de- Vice and the curtain or frame in its compact form with atime fuse suspended from the same. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustratingthe curtain or foundation frame suspended from the balloon and having adesign upon the same in fireworks.

t A represents a portion of the lowerend of a balloon, B the suspendingdevices for the rod or frame 0 to which is connected the curtain D ofwire-work of any suitable character or other backing to which thefireworks are connected, and at E I have represented a time fusesuspended from the frame or curtain D and adapted to burn for the properlength of time before producing the explosion of the suspending orsecuring cord F which connects with the respective fireworks and ignitesthe same, and these fireworks are shown at G arranged to' form a design,the design shown being a crescent and star, the designhowever is to varyand may contain letters or other produced by.

of numerous small blue lights, Roman can-. dles or other vsimilardevices that will burn with one or more difierent colors, and by thegrouping of these together the special design to be displayed isprovided.

' characters as required for the special occasion I do not herein claima series of receptacles with pyrotechnic devices in lengths securedto-such receptacles and connected to a frame, as the same forms thesubject of my aforesaid application.

By the term balloon I mean such an .air displacing device as willsustain the firework in the air at an elevation or prevent its rapidters or designs, an igniting fuse for the respective fireworks and meansfol-holding the backing in its contracted condition, which means areburned away by the fuse to allow the frame or backing to becomedistended as the fireworks are ignited, substantially as set forth.

The combination'with'a balloon, of a frame 01'- backing suspended fromsuch balloon, fireworks connected to such frame or backing and arrangedto produce letters,

numbers or emblematic devices, and a time fuse suspended from suchbacking and adapted to igniting the fireworks nearly simultaneouslyafter the time fuse has burned, substantially as set forth.-

Signed by me this 8th day of August, 1893.

HENRY J. PAIN. \Vitnesses:

GEO. '1". 'IINCKNEY, A. M. OLIVER.

